Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Parvathy explained that she was playing the violin.
“I am playing the violin,” Parvathy explained.
Key Points
- The given sentence is in indirect speech. 'Parvathy' is the speaker. Parvathy is talking about herself.
- That's why in the direct speech 'she' will change into 'I'.
- When we convert indirect speech to direct speech the reported speech will come under a double inverted comma.
- After the reporting speech, there will be a comma and ' That' will be removed.
- "she was playing the violin " is in the past continuous tense. It will be changed into a present continuous tense "I am playing the violin".
Additional Information
- Let’s identify the reporting speech and reported speech.
- He said, “I go to school every day.”
- In the above sentence “He said” is the reporting speech.
- “I go to school every day.” is the reported speech.
- Change In Tense:
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| Simple present (V1/do/does) | Simple Past (V2/did) |
| Simple Past (V2/did) | Past Perfect (V3/ had done) |
| Past Perfect (V3/ had done) | No change |
| Present continuous (is/am/are) +V1+ing | Past Continuous (was/were) +V1+ing |
| Past Continuous (was/were) +V1+ing | Past Perfect Continuous (had been) +V1+ing |
| Past Perfect Continuous (had been) +V1+ing | No change |
| Present Perfect/ Present Perfect Continuous (has/have) | Past Perfect/ Past Perfect Continuous (had) |
| Past Perfect/ Past Perfect Continuous (had) | No change |
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